Kleber Mendonça Filho

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Kleber Mendonça Filho

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110 wins & 60 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

2018 Nominee Silver Ariel
- Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
- Aquarius
Brazil

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2018 Winner Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
- Aquarius
Brazil.

Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema

2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
- Aquarius

Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema

2004 Winner Candango Trophy
- 35mm Short Films - Best Sound (Curtas 35 mm - Melhor Som)
- Vinil Verde
Shared with: Pedro Lima

Cannes Film Festival

Cartagena Film Festival

2017 Winner Gemas Award
- Best Film (Mejor Película)
- Aquarius

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

2019 Nominee Official Fantàstic Competition
- Best Motion Picture
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2019 Winner Best Director
- Oficial Fantàstic Competition
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2019 Winner José Luis Guarner Critic's Award
- Best Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2019 Winner Carnet Jove Jury Award
- Official Fantàstic Selection
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

César Awards, France

2017 Nominee César
- Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
- Aquarius

Chicago International Film Festival

2023 Nominee Gold Hugo
- Best Documentary
- Portraits fantômes

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

2024 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
- Portraits fantômes
2024 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Portraits fantômes
2020 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2020 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2017 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Aquarius

Cinemanila International Film Festival

2013 Winner Best Director
- International Competition
- Les bruits de Recife
2013 Nominee Lino Brocka Award
- International Competition
- Les bruits de Recife

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

2017 Winner Critics Award
- Best Foreign Film
- Aquarius

Gotham Awards

2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
- Best International Feature
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles · Emilie Lesclaux · Saïd Ben Saïd · Michel Merkt
2021 Nominee Audience Award
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles · Emilie Lesclaux · Saïd Ben Saïd · Michel Merkt

Gramado Film Festival

2012 Winner Kikito Critics Prize
- Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros)
- Les bruits de Recife
2012 Winner Golden Kikito
- Best Sound (Melhor Som)
- Les bruits de Recife
Shared with: Pablo Lamar
2012 Winner Audience Award
- Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros)
- Les bruits de Recife
2012 Winner Golden Kikito
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Les bruits de Recife

Havana Film Festival

2019 Nominee Grand Coral - First Prize
- Best Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
- Best Film
- Aquarius

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2021 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best International Film
- Bacurau
Brazil
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2017 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best International Film
- Aquarius

Montréal Festival of New Cinema

2019 Winner Temps Ø People's Choice Award
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Jerusalem Film Festival

2025 Winner Award for International Cinema
- The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film
- L'agent secret
2016 Nominee In Spirit for Freedom Award
- Best Feature
- Aquarius

Lleida Latin-American Film Festival

London Film Festival

2012 Nominee Sutherland Award
- First Feature Competition
- Les bruits de Recife

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

2016 Nominee Best Film
- International Competition
- Aquarius
2016 Winner Audience Award
- Best Film
- Aquarius
2012 Nominee Best Film
- International Competition
- Les bruits de Recife

Munich Film Festival

2019 Winner ARRI/OSRAM Award
- Best International Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Nominee CineVision Award
- Best Film By An Emerging Director
- Aquarius

Nantes Three Continents Festival

2012 Nominee Golden Montgolfiere
- Les bruits de Recife

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

2019 Nominee Narcisse Award
- Best Feature Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2017 Winner Directors to Watch
- Aquarius

International Film Festival Rotterdam

2012 Nominee Tiger Award
- Les bruits de Recife
2012 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
- Tiger Competition
- Les bruits de Recife
For evoking an atmosphere of paranoia and menace through a highly ambitious use of sound and cinematography the winner is Neighbouring Sounds.

Stockholm Film Festival

2023 Nominee Bronze Horse
- Best Documentary
- Portraits fantômes

Sydney Film Festival

2025 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
- Best Film
- L'agent secret
2019 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
- Best Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Winner Sydney Film Prize
- Best Film
- Aquarius
2012 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
- Les bruits de Recife

São Paulo International Film Festival

2012 Winner Itamaraty Award
- Best Brazilian Film
- Les bruits de Recife

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2013 Winner TFCA Award
- Best First Feature
- Les bruits de Recife

Valladolid International Film Festival

2023 Nominee Tiempo de Historia Award
- Best Documentary
- Portraits fantômes
2023 Nominee Tiempo de Historia Award
- Best Documentary
- Portraits fantômes
2016 Nominee Golden Spike
- Best Film
- Aquarius

Bergen International Film Festival

2019 Nominee Cinema Extraordinaire
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

ABC Cinematography Award

2014 Winner ABC Trophy
- Feature Film - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem)
- Les bruits de Recife
Shared with: João Maria
2014 Winner ABC Trophy
- Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som)
- Les bruits de Recife
Shared with: Nicolas Hallet · Simone Dourado · Carlos Montenegro · Gera Vieira · Ricardo Cutz · Catarina Apolônio

Oslo Films from the South Festival

2012 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
- Les bruits de Recife

Lima Latin American Film Festival

2019 Winner Best Film
- Official Competition (Fiction)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2019 Winner Best Director
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2019 Winner Critics Award
- Best Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
- Aquarius
2013 Winner Best Screenplay
- Best Screenplay
- Les bruits de Recife

Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival

2010 Winner Calunga Trophy
- Short Film 35mm - Best Director (Curta Metragem 35mm - Melhor Diretor)
- Recife Frio
2010 Winner Calunga Trophy
- Short Film 35mm - Best Screenplay (Curta Metragem 35mm - Melhor Roteiro)
- Recife Frio
2006 Winner Audience Award
- Best Short Film
- Eletrodoméstica
2006 Winner Critics Award
- Best Short Film
- Eletrodoméstica
2005 Winner Calunga Trophy
- Short Film 35mm - Best Sound Editing (Curta Metragem 35mm - Melhor Edição de Som)
- Vinil Verde
Shared with: Daniel Bandeira

Chlotrudis Awards

2017 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Aquarius

Tabor Film Festival

2006 Winner Honorable Mention
- Best Film
- Eletrodoméstica

São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

2024 Winner APCA Trophy
- Best Film (Melhor Filme)
- Portraits fantômes
2020 Winner APCA Trophy
- Best Film (Melhor Filme)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2020 Winner APCA Trophy
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2017 Winner APCA Trophy
- Best Film (Melhor Filme)
- Aquarius
2017 Winner APCA Trophy
- Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
- Aquarius

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

2021 Nominee Chainsaw Award
- Best Screenplay
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

2012 Winner Première Brazil
- Best Film (Melhor Filme)
- Les bruits de Recife
2012 Winner Première Brazil
- Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
- Les bruits de Recife

Zurich Film Festival

2016 Nominee Golden Eye Award
- Best International Feature Film
- Aquarius

Dublin International Film Festival

2017 Winner Dublin Film Critics Award
- Best Film
- Aquarius

British Film Institute Awards

2012 Nominee Sutherland Trophy
- Les bruits de Recife

CPH PIX

2012 Winner New Talent Grand PIX
- Les bruits de Recife

Key West Film Festival

2019 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Foreign Feature
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

2014 Nominee Heterodox Award
- Les bruits de Recife

International Cinephile Society Awards

2024 Nominee ICS Award
- Best Documentary
- Portraits fantômes
2021 Winner ICS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

CinEuphoria Awards

2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
- Best Director - International Competition
- Aquarius

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

2017 Winner Festival Award
- DFCC Best Film
- Aquarius

Cineport - Portuguese Film Festival

2014 Winner Andorinha Trophy
- Best Sound (Melhor Som)
- Les bruits de Recife
Shared with: Catarina Apolônio · Ricardo Cutz · Carlos Montenegro · Gera Vieira

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

2024 Winner Critics Award
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Portraits fantômes
2024 Winner Critics Award
- Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
- Portraits fantômes
2024 Winner Audience Award
- Best Film (Melhor Filme)
- Portraits fantômes
2024 Winner Audience Award
- Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
- Portraits fantômes
2024 Winner Audience Award
- Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
- Portraits fantômes

Amazonas Film Festival

2010 Winner Amazonas Award - Short Film Competition
- Best Film
- Recife Frio

New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland

2012 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
- Les bruits de Recife

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema

2017 Nominee Platino Award
- Best Director
- Aquarius

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

2017 Nominee INOCA
- Best Non-English Language Film
- Aquarius
Brazil

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2012 Nominee ICP Award
- Best First Feature
- Les bruits de Recife
2nd place.

World Cinema Amsterdam

2016 Winner World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award
- Best Film
- Aquarius

Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)

2016 Winner Premio Fénix
- Best Director
- Aquarius

Gold Derby Awards

2021 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
- International Feature
- Bacurau
Brazil
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles · Saïd Ben Saïd · Michel Merkt

Torino Film Festival

2023 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino
- Best International Documentary Film
- Portraits fantômes

CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival

2016 Nominee Emeric Pressburger Prize
- Aquarius

Almeria Western Film Festival

2020 Winner Grand Jury Award
- Special Jury Award to the best Neowestern Featured Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Panorama Coisa De Cinema

2012 Winner Panorama Brasil
- Best Feature Film
- Les bruits de Recife

Film Festival Cologne

2019 Nominee Hollywood Reporter Award
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP

2023 Winner Premio del Jurado de Documental
- Mejor Documental
- Portraits fantômes

International Film Festival of Panama (IFF Panama)

2017 Winner Audience Award
- Aquarius

Prêmio Guarani

2020 Winner Premio Guarani
- Best Director
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2020 Winner Premio Guarani
- Best Original Screenplay
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2017 Winner Premio Guarani
- Best Director
- Aquarius
2017 Winner Premio Guarani
- Best Original Screenplay
- Aquarius
2014 Winner Premio Guarani
- Best Director
- Les bruits de Recife

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

2021 Nominee MCFCA Award
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles · Emilie Lesclaux · Saïd Ben Saïd · Michel Merkt

Pingyao International Film Festival

2023 Winner People's Choice Award
- Gala-Best Film
- Portraits fantômes

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

2021 Nominee LEJA Award
- Best International Feature
- Bacurau
Brazil
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Cahiers du Cinéma

2019 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
- Best Film
- Bacurau
Fourth Place
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
- Best Film
- Aquarius
Fourth Place

José Ignacio International Film Festival

2017 Nominee Audience Award
- Best Film
- Aquarius
2013 Nominee Audience Award
- Best Film
- Les bruits de Recife

Splat! FilmFest

2019 Winner Audience Award
- Best Director
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Seattle Film Critics Society

2021 Nominee SFCS Award
- Best Film Not in the English Language
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

Abraccine Prize (Brazilian Association of Film Critic Annual Prize)

2019 Winner Abraccine Award
- Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles
2016 Winner Abraccine Award
- Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
- Aquarius
2013 Winner Abraccine Award
- Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
- Les bruits de Recife

Brazil Online Film Award

2020 Nominee BOFA
- Best Director
- Bacurau
Shared with: Juliano Dornelles

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